Cat bond lite issuance reaches new heights in 2015
The catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market has witnessed rapid growth in recent years, aided by the growing acceptance and use of cat bond lite structures, with 2015 already being a record year for private deal issuance.

This report reviews the catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) market at the end of the third-quarter of 2015, looking at the $1.093 billion of new risk capital issued and the composition of the cat bond & ILS transactions completed during Q3 2015.